I do, too, in most cases, but sometimes I want the direct file to archive or play in a different context (or even via Overcast’s Uploads feature, to avoid creating a podcast entry). Most podcasts seem to offer that.

@morid1n @mjtsai re: state of Apple hardware, I’ve said this repeatedly but Apple has spent 2015-2019 (half the decade) executing and then recovering from horrible decision-making around 2012-14. It’s truly a dark age for the Mac and there’s no guarantee we’re about to be done

That's another problem which I didn't mention. Many (including me) will need to wait at least a year for the 2nd revision of the new design, to make sure it's OK to buy. That's 2020 territory. Might as well wait to see what the future will bring at that point... pic.twitter.com/NOPsanyeZ9

There's also a lot of new media while formerly popular websites and the magazine style content models they were based off of went out of business, or had to change. I think of all those old Mac magazines that merged, laid off writers, and moved their content to the web.

The next MBP refresh feels personally pivotal to me, be it this year or later; even aside from the state of macOS. I’m not buying another first-generation design after the experience with 2016 model. And I won’t be able to convince myself to buy another MBP with a TouchBar.

Most pro app vendors already have their own UI libraries (which is already frustrating if you care about the Mac experience.) AppKit vs UIKit isn't really going to move the needle much for these app vendors in porting over from Windows.

The Mac's main competitor is still Windows. That's what's so frustrating about the pro app conversation around Marzipan. Unless the big packages port over from Windows, nothing is going to change. And those guys aren't upset about AppKit, they're upset over Metal and Nvidia.

I've seen from time to time people suggest, that even with a Mac's decline in quality, it's not like people are going to switch to Windows. Yet I know people who've happily switched over. I worry that if Marzipan leads to another decline in quality there will be more switchers. https://t.co/RpZ8owux0U